1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain

2. Who is Mark Twain Samuel Longhorne Clemons 1835-1910 Name means “2 fathoms deep” Born in Florida, Missouri Moved to Hannibal, Missouri Setting for Tom Sawyer And Huck Finn Had experience on the river Always cynical, unhappy www.wwu.edu

3. Setting for Huck Finn Southern United States Pre-civil War Slavery prevalent –Social/moral norm Small-town mentality River

4. Who is Huck Finn Twain based him on real person –“the only really independent person…in the community.” Mark Twain Struggled with social norms Ingenious Imaginative Genuine Rebel to convention Desires a family

5. Mark Twain Quotations “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.” “A man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.” “Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest” “I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”